About this episode

Rachel Maddow hosts a live conversation about the race-based incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II and its relevance today.

Rachel Maddow hosts a special conversation with guests from her "Burn Order" podcast, live from the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles to discuss the fight against the race-based incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II and how lessons from that episode in American history apply today.

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Maddow

Topics covered

• race-based incarceration
• Japanese-American history
• World War II
• civil rights
• American history
• community engagement

Keywords

• Rachel Maddow
• Burn Order
• Japanese-Americans
• incarceration
• World War II
• civil rights
• Orpheum Theater
• Los Angeles

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Burn Order

Places: Orpheum Theater, Los Angeles, Japanese-Americans

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